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Intermittent Fasting

Coach Rob covers the concepts and the potential benefits of Intermittent Fasting. Can you the endurance athlete benefit from implementing an Intermittent Fasting pattern? Have a listen and learn if Intermittent Fasting is right for you. Oh yeah, it’s our Birthday too!

When I think of fasting there are several things that come to mind such as religion,
medicine, weight loss, and ancestral diets but can fasting improve our athletic performance?

We cover quite a bit such as:

What is Fasting?

Medical applications

Medical applications

Mental health

Immune system

What is Intermittent fasting (IF)

Types of Intermittent fasting (IF) Patterns

The 16/8 Method

Eat-Stop-Eat

The 5:2 Diet

Alternate-Day fasting

The Warrior Diet

Spontaneous Meal Skipping

Ancestral diets such as the paleo diet

What actually happens in the body when we fast

The Myth of starvation mode in Intermittent fasting (IF)

So can IF help athletes in ways other than just losing fat?

Hormones affected and or improved with Intermittent fasting (IF)

Is IF for everyone?

How does Coach Rob plan Intermittent fasting (IF)?

Celebrating our 1 year Birthday on the Endurance Quick Cast

Links to websites and studies used in this show.http://suppversity.blogspot.com/search?q=intermittent+fastinghttp://ajpendo.physiology.org/content/263/6/E1144.short https://www.dietdoctor.com/renew-body-fasting-autophagyhttps://www.dietdoctor.com/fasting-and-cholesterolhttps://www.dietdoctor.com/fasting-and-growth-hormonehttps://www.dietdoctor.com/how-to-maximize-fat-burninghttps://www.dietdoctor.com/fasting-affect-brainhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starvation_responsehttps://authoritynutrition.com/intermittent-fasting-guide/ https://authoritynutrition.com/6-ways-to-do-intermittent-fasting/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasting#cite_note-9http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/03/12/fasting-for-three-days-can-regenerate-entire-immune-system-study/http://news.usc.edu/103972/fasting-like-diet-turns-the-immune-system-against-cancer/https://news.usc.edu/63669/fasting-triggers-stem-cell-regeneration-of-damaged-old-immune-system/